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V3722-16 ·5 September 2016 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

VAT on wastewater treatment plant works is non-deductible if sanitation services are not subject to tax

A local council has enquired whether it can deduct VAT on improvement works carried out at wastewater treatment plants. The Directorate-General for Taxes (DGT) has ruled that if the sanitation service is provided without consideration or via taxes (of a fiscal nature) and is separate from the water supply, the operation is not subject to VAT and, therefore, no right to deduction exists.

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This ruling clarifies that local authorities cannot reclaim VAT on infrastructure works if the underlying sanitation service is exempt from or outside the scope of VAT due to its tax-based nature.

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2016-09-05PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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